Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently.
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'
Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.
A wood carving of Quixote on his nag Rocinante graced my childhood home.
Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.
I absolutely had a dream of doing 'Man of La Mancha' one day; that's a long time ago.
How many different works of art have been inspired by 'Don Quixote?' Thousands. Most people enter the novel, for better or worse, through the musical the 'Man Of La Mancha.'
Cervantes said the journey's better than the end. Practices, to me, were the journey.
